From: Pat Eyler <pate@...>
Date: 2002-03-30T23:10:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Matz's book ??

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Michael McDaniel wrote:

> Tobias Reif wrote:
>
> > Matz,
> >
> >> I've heard it's canceled for various reasons.  I'm sad.
> >
> > "The Ruby Programming Language" is a very important book project.
> >
> > I hope you'll find a new publisher, who shares this view.
> >
> > Tobi
>
> I agree that it is important; I hope a new publisher can be found so I can
> buy the book!
>
> ~Michael

Has anyone approached Manning about a ruby book?  (The've done some very
nice Perl books.)  I traded emails with one of their editors asking about
it.  She mentioned that they were'nt sure what the market for w ruby book
would be -- this looks like a great time for a grass-roots campaign.

-pate


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